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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500T outperforms the more expensive Core i3-540 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500T is 2002 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-540.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500T
- Performs up to 3% better in Dead Space than Core i3-540 - 148 vs 144 FPS
- Up to 42% cheaper than Core i3-540 - €116.14 vs €200.0
- Up to 44% better value when playing Dead Space than Core i3-540 - €0.78 vs €1.39 per FPS
- Consumes up to 52% less energy than Intel Core i3-540 - 35 vs 73 Watts
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Sockel 1156 Core i3 Processor i3-540 Box Prozessor (3060MHz, L2/L3-Cache)
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Core i5-6500T
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
148
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.78/FPS
100%
Price, €
€116.14
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core I5-6500T I5 6500T 2.5 GHz Used Quad-Core Quad-Thread CPU Processor 6M 35W LGA 1151
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-540
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Core i5-6500T
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-540 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500T |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 73 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 23.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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